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'Prophetic of the Future 

War Lyrics 



1914 to 1917 



By 
C. Augustus Haviland 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 



The World's 

Sorrow and Shame 

Through 

One Man Power 



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C. AUGUSTUS HAVILAND 
In His Eighty-fifth Year 










TO THE PUBLIC 

The writer of these lines, an octogenarian, in 
the hope that he might rouse his fellows to a reali- 
zation as to the true situation in war matters, has 
from time to time submitted these verses to the 
public, and now places them in pamphlet form for 
friends who may care to recall them. 

The past is gone. The future was long ago 
foreshadowed by the writer. Government "Of the 
the People, By the People and For the People" is 
surely coming for all mankind. 



From the Press of J. IV. Gunnison &>" Company, Inc. 
g22 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



OUR TRUE AMERICANS 
By C. Augustus Haviland. 

(Written on November 23, 1915, His Eighty-third Birthday 
Anniversary) 

Americans — what heroes grand, 

Our loyal sons from Fatherland. 

While miscreants from their native shore 

Are prowling round in search of more. 

More traitors to our land, which gave 

Protection to the bond and slave. 

Americans — all honor then 

To those who stand with sword and pen. 

Ready to serve the land they love. 

Ready to meet the hosts above. 

Ready to stand with loyalty, 

That home and country may be free. 

Americans — we honor now 

All foreign born who to their vow 

Stand firm — and, 'mid the taunts and sneers 

Of comrades, hail our Yankee cheers. 

And to their God and country true 

Their solemn pledge once more renew. 



THE SORROW AND SHAME OF THE 
TWENTIETH CENTURY WAR 

'Twas "only a scrap of paper"* 

Some learned men have said, 
"Only a scrap of paper" — 

No matter about the dead — 
Our sons and brothers will fill the gap 

And let all nations know 
That a "scrap of paper" don't count for much 

As our soldiers come and go. 

There was a time, we know full well. 

When a "scrap of paper" would guide 
A nation along the honored path 

And check a nation's pride; 
But it matters not when "Me und Gott' 

Decree that our nation must rule, 
'E'en though the "Gott' is a bogy man 

Held up, our nation — to fool. 

The twentieth century war goes on 

And millions must fall we know. 
Our idol has so decreed, and we 

Must with the current flow. 
No matter if rivers of blood are sent 

To add to the swelling tide 
We're bound to an idol and so you see 

With our idol's decree we abide. 

* The Treaty of Neutrality 



The world moves on and the voice of "Gott" 

Is the only voice we heed, 
No matter if rivers of blood must flow 

Or aching hearts must bleed. 
We may call him Emperor, call him King 

Or *'Gott" its all the same — 
It matters not, its ''Me und Gott" 

To rule the v/orld's our game. 

And when the battle is over, boys, 

And our neighbors all want to know 
Who brought about the sorrow and shame 

And sent us this terrible blow, 
Just take them over to Potsdam, boys, 

To the fellow who led the fray — 
And there you'll find the man who says : 

"Twas "Gott" who led us astray." 

C. AUGUSTUS HAVILAND 

September 20, 1914 



THE LESSON OF WAR 

When the fathers and the mothers 

Look for their boys' return, 
And the heart breaks out in sorrow 

As for loving ones they yearn, 
'Tis then, when all seems dreary, 

That the lesson comes — too late — 
For fellowmen to fathom all 

The mystery, in war's fate. 



And yet, they tell us, "all is well," 

'Tis for a nation's fame 
That fellowmen must go to war, 

To hold an honored name; 
But when the dead and dying 

Are brought unto their door, 
'Tis then they learn the saddest tale — 

The saddest tale of war. 

Oh War! thou cruel monster. 

Why come to break the spell 
Of peace and happiness at home, 

Where loving ones now dwell? ' 

Why tell us of the glory 

Sure to follow if we stand 
For home and the dear country. 

And for the Fatherland? 

What folly — aye, what folly 

To tempt the ides of fate. 
To risk a nation's happiness 

And strive, in royal state. 
To reach beyond a Fatherland 

And grasp for more — and more. 
When happiness surrounds them all 

And keeps them at the fore. 

C. AUGUSTUS HAVILAND 

November, 1914 



THE KAISER AND HIS GOD 

Tlie Past — The Present and The Future 

(Respectfully dedicated to German Friends) 

Not long ago we stood amazed 

And heard the Kaiser say 
That in the war now being waged 

*"Twas God who led the fray," 
That though a "Prince of Peace," He stands 

"Fore all the world"— Yet He 
When all was peace in Fatherland 

This flag of war set free. ^- 

"God moves in a mysterious way" — 

Is it not plain to see 
That One above is guiding now 

That man may yet be free? 
Who doubts it now? We soon shall know 

If God hath willed it so. 
And when the end doth come at last 

'Twill be so all may know 
That He to help and free mankind 

Has dealt this lasting blow. 

Who doubts it now? 'Tis vain to ask 

Why God doth thus decree; 
Soon we may see the guiding hand — 

To make all mankind free. 
Soon He who rules in Peace and War 

May bring new hope for all 
And teach mankind that they must rule 

When mighty kingdoms fall. 



And when God wills it so, at last, 

This Kaiser may proclaim. 
'Twas God who led the mighty hosts 

In Liberty's great name. 
Our God who guideth all aright. 

The God who led the fray 
For Freedom's Sons — and marked the path 

For honors on Life's way. 

C. AUGUSTUS HAVILAND 

'ebruary, 1915 



'THE ONE MAN POWER" 

The "One Man Power" ! Doth God yet live 
To care for children and to give 
To each and all an honored name 
And still preserve a nation's fame? 
What meaneth all this stern command. 
Which sends so many of each band 
Along the road to maim and slay 
Their fellow men from day to day? 

Is it that kings may learn at last 

That rank injustice of the past 

No more shall rule or cloud the way 

While freemen stand a part to play 

To human kind? And to ordain 

That blood no more shall flood the plain. 

That "One Man Power" no more shall lead 

Or make the hearts of millions bleed? 



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The "One Man Power"! May God forgive 

Its errors, and alone let live 

The memory of its good deeds done 

For fellow men — the honor won, 

In paths of peace for years and years. 

When love and hope had banished tears 

And nations throughout all the land 

Had held the honored, outstretched hand 

Of that great nation, long revered 

As land of peace to all endeared. 

C. AUGUSTUS HAVILAND 

September 16, 1914 



WHEN PEACE RETURNS AGAIN 

When this cruel war is over 

And all nations learn their fate. 
When the Monarchs, shorn of glory, 

For man's plaudits vainly wait: 
When the people, in their sorrow, 

Welcome home their loyal band 
And the pirates and assassins 

Realize just where they stand, 
Then perhaps, in pain and anguish 

Men of iron nerve may say: 
In the battle for our country 

We, alas, were led astray. 



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And when peace doth come, with sorrow 

And the story plain is told; 
When the soldiers, seeking glory 

All recount their exploits bold; 
Then, as voices from a grave-yard 

Echo and re-echo round, 
And the piteous wail of mourners 

From all o'er the world resound, 
Then, perhaps, ambitious Monarchs ' I 

May admit that 'twas a crime. 
And that war with all its horrors, 

Must be banished for all time. 

Then, as thoughtful ones consider — 

And along life's journey tread — 
And the sorrows of the living 

For their loving ones now dead. 
Daily bring back sad reminders 

Of a nation's sudden fall — 
Fall from honor and from glory 

Through a mad ambitious call — 
Then, perhaps all thoughtful statesmen 

Will demand a better fate 
For their fellows, and no longer 

Worship at a Monarch's gate. 

C. AUGUSTUS HAVILAND 

May 18, 1915 



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WHY LAND PIRATES WANT PEACE 

When a nation starts out boldly 

Defying all the world; 
When without a note of warning 

It has its flag unfurled; 
When it sends its well-trained army 

To murder and to slay 
Its neighbors, resting peacefully 

Along the world's highway; 
W^hen it fearlessly announces 

That it seeks once more to gain 
The hills and valleys round it. 

Then its murderous plan is plain 
To thoughtful ones remembering 

All its devious ways long past; 
And the secret of its wrongful act 

Is known to all, at last. 

When by trickery and strange device 

These ingrates gain their prize 
When their neighbors, resting quietly, 

Are suddenly made wise. 
When neighbors' lands are taken 

By these murderers, who display 
All the instincts of land pirates 

In seeking thus to play 
The game of War, to gather in 

The spoils which warfare brings. 



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Then we realize the reason 

Why a nation quickly sings 
The song of Peace — and gently asks 

All neighbors to refrain 
From warlike acts and to once more 

Give up the hills and plain 
That murderers may boast at last 

Of their glory and their shame. 

C. AUGUSTUS HAVILAND 

December 11, 1915 



WILL THE KAISER ABDICATE? 

Will the Kaiser abdicate? 

That's the question of the hour. 
Will he very kindly abdicate 

And seek for further power — 
Not as Emperor, nor yet as king, 

But as President — maybe — 
Of a grand Republic, coming soon, 

To set his people free? 

The tide is turning, turning now. 

As all his people know 
This war has brought them all to see 

That 'tis the final blow 
The Kaiser never dreamed about. 

When entering on the fray 
To gain a world of glory 

By leading men astray. 

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The God above has let him play 

His tricks upon mankind 
'Till all his followers now see 

What 'twas that crazed his mind. 
And as the tide rolls in once more 

'Twill be to hide the shame — 
Which through this Kaiser's madness 

Has blurred the German name. 

But all is well, as we shall see — 

In this great nation's fall — 
'Twill surely bring to fellowmen 

The freedom due to all 
Who trust a Father — kind above — 

To lead the better way — 
With brotherhood along life's path 

To bring the brighter day. 

C. AUGUSTUS HAVILAND 

April 4, 1917 



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The WAY TO WIN 

Lines Suggested on Reading King Edward's Last Appeal 

The King of Old England is a jolly young fellow 

Who is doing what little he can 
To have all his subjects believe that great honor 

Will follow his Nation's War Plan; 
Yet in the great crisis now facing his fellows 

He might do another brave thing 
By telling his people that in the near future 

They, too, may dispense with a king. 

He has had all the glory that comes to a ruler, 

And all of the other good things. 
And now he can best serve his land and his people 

By pointing to blessings war brings. 
Then let this young Ruler — this jolly young fellow, 

Tell his people "if they'll only be true — 
They may have their great Empire — a Union of States 

And start on life's journey anew." 

He may plead to his fellows — plead early and late — 

But only one plea will avail, 
Let him say: *Tn this battle be brave and be true 

And then on thy mission set sail." 
While a limited monarchy has not been bad. 

Far better, perhaps, it will be. 
If England, in glory and pride should proclaim 

"We may all learn from over the sea." 

C. AUGUSTUS HAVILAND 



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THUS FAR THE LORD HAS HELPED" 

"Thus far the Lord has helped us," 

'Twas this the Kaiser said: 
Thus far the Lord hath let him roam 

Among his honored dead; 
Thus far the Lord doth leave one name 

Dishonored and disgraced 
As warning to all honest men 

Who seek an honored place. 

Thus far this Ruler, roaming round, 

Doth hear his people say 
That **One-Man Power" must end e'er long- 

And in their prayers each day 
That peace may come and war no more 

Disgrace a nation's name, 
Or make a hero of a man 

Who seeketh worldly fame. 

The Lord hath let his pirates roam 

Far out on every sea. 
And his assassins to disgrace 

The sons of Germany; 
And He hath let these murderers 

Prowl round, but soon there'll be 
Just punishment for guilty ones — 

So ail mankind may see. 



The Lord may come to earth some day 

To bid all nations rise; 
To mark the pathway man should tread 

To reach the golden prize; 
The prize of Liberty which stands 

Before mankind today; 
The prize wise men are striving for 

Along the world's highway. 

C. AUGUSTUS HAVILAND 

November 9, 1915 



HANDS ACROSS THE SEA 

Hands across the sea, boys, 

Hands across the sea. 
Hand clasps everywhere, my boys. 

Where mankind is free. 
Loyal sons are waiting there, 

There for you and me. 
Hand clasps there for you, my boys, 

Hand clasps there for me. 

Hands across the sea, boys. 

Welcome you and me. 
Hope of all mankind, my boys, 

Rests with those who're free. 

C. AUGUSTUS HAVILAND 

November 6, 1914 



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THEY TELL US PEACE IS COMING 

They tell us peace is coming, 

''What fools these mortals be," 
To talk of Peace — While Belgium's Sons 

Are striving to be free. 

They tell us peace is coming — 

These men who started war — 
While Poland's sons are starving 

And pirates haunt their shore. 

They tell us peace is commg, 

Coming — aye, soon or late — 

Well, I guess 'tis true, for the Kaiser's Crew 

Is mourning the ides of fate. 
* * * 

They started in to rule the world 
And sent their boys with flag unfurled 
To lead the way — and tell mankind 
That Treaties could no longer bind. 

How well they did the trick we know 
When Belgium — on their mortal blow — 
Was stricken, and a cruel band 
Went roaming o'er that beauteous land. 

They tell us peace is coming. 

Aye, soon 'tv\all come we know. 
And a faithless ruler soon will pass, 
Along life's way, with the other class, 

With but little of worldly show. 

C. AUGUSTUS HAVILAND 
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ARE YOU LOYAL OR DISLOYAL? 
"Stand Up and Be Counted" 

"Stand up and be counted" — Ye men who proclaim 
Your love for old Fatherland. If you love not the 

name 
Of the land of adoption, where life is secure 
For men of all nations — the rich and the poor. 

"Stand up and be counted" — Our country demands 
Of all those so loudly proclaiming they stand 
"For Fatherland first" — that their fellows may know 
The men false to country, wherever they go. 

"Stand up and be counted" — if false thou would be 
To the land that protects thee — the land of the free. 
"Stand up and be counted" — and turn to that way 
Where false friends are welcome wherever they stray. 

"Stand up and be counted" — Your brothers now here 
Love the land of adoption, and hold ever dear 
The "Star Spangled Banner" which floats day by day 
Where Liberty's sons are still guarding life's way. 

C. AUGUSTUS HAVILAND 

October 19, 1915 



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EASTER MORN IN WARTIME 
Let Us Walk the Honored Way 

Christ is risen — all is well — 
One above doth break the spell, 

While a nation mourns today, 
For its leaders gone astray. 

Christ is risen — all is well — 

Resurrection comes to tell 
Of the bright and better way 

For mankind its part to play. 

Christ is risen — let us all — 

Bow to our great Master's call. 
On this resurrection mom, 
While a nation badly torn 
Soon must be all newly bom. 

Christ is risen — let us stand 
Patriots true to honored land. 

And while others go astray 

Let us ever guard the way. 

And once more our faith renew. 

While the lesson of the day 

Bids us walk the honored way. 

C. AUGUSTUS HAVILAND 

Easter Morn, 1917 



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MARSHAL JOFFRE 
The Hero of Our Day 

The "Hero of the Marne" is here 

As hero of our day. 
We honor him for all he's done 

And wish that he might stay 
To teach our Yankee boys the path 

To glory and to fame, 
Beneath our honored flags in France 

In Liberty's great name. 

He comes as Hero of the Hour 

To honor France, so true 
To Liberty and all that means. 

With red and white and blue. 
He comes as Hero of the Hour, 

As France came once before. 
With Lafayette to teach the way, 

To vict'ry on our shore. 

He comes. Brave Son of France, he comes 

And with our Yankees true, 
For Liberty, and all it means. 

With red and white and blue, 
Tri-colors of that famous band, 

Who with us led the way. 
To Liberty, that all might share. 

Its blessings, day by day. 

C. AUGUSTUS HAVILAND 

May 10, 1917 



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GOOD-BY TO FRIENDS FROM FRANCE 

Good-by kind friends — we bid good-by 
With much regret, yet God on high — 

Who guideth all — Doth bid us stand 
As brothers, pleading for the band 

Of sorrowing ones who day by day 
Still mourn for loved ones borne away. 

We bid good-by while yet we know 

That God above may will it so 
'Till brothers of each foreign band 

May be at peace and proudly stand 
As loyal sons in freedom's land. 

We bid good-by while yet there be 

A ''Star of Hope" across the sea. ' 

We bid thee go and bravely stand 

For freedom in each foreign land. 
We bid thee go and by thy side 

America, in all her pride — 
Will bravely stand on land and sea 

In brotherhood, 'till all are free. 

C. AUGUSTUS HAVILAND 

May 14, 1917 



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OUR AMERICAN STATESMEN 

Who are our great men? Are they those 
Who in the Halls of Congress pose 

As Statesmen — only to betray 

Their fellows, and to lead astray? 

Who are the statesmen? Need we ask, 
Are they the men behind the mask, 

Who pose as patriots — yet proclaim 
Their love for party and its name? 

Is this our standard? Go with me 
To Halls of Congress, and you'll see 

The men who claim to rule our land, 

These men who pose as statesmen grand. 

These so-called statesmen — do they care 
For ought save party, and to share 

The spoils of office, while they stand 
As leaders of a heartless band? 

We call them statesmen. God forbid 
That so-called statesmen long may live 

To lead their fellowmen astray. 
Or bear them on a warlike way. 

Who are true statesmen? Need we say, 
Not those who for their party play. 

Nor those who with their voice and pen 
Uphold the acts of faithless men. 



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Yet there are statesmen — good and wise — 
In Halls of Congress — men we prize — 

Who battle for a nation's fame, 
And care not for a party name. 

These statesmen are the men who stand 

Forever true to our dear land; 
Who do their best to lead the way 

For God and country day by day. 

C. AUGUSTUS HAVILAND 

January 13, 1916 



COMING, FATHER WILSON 

We are coming. Father Wilson, we are coming for 

the fray. 
We are coming, we are coming, and we mean to 

lead the way, 
With banner floating o'er us, while our boys in gray 

and blue 
As brothers stand, a faithful band, to God and 

country true. 

We are coming, we are coming, a couple million 

strong. 
Just listen now, just listen to the burden of our song. 
Give us guns and give us cannon, aeroplanes and 

ships galore, 
And we'll quickly put a stop to all, to all this cruel 

war. 

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We are coming, we are coming to battle for man- 
kind. 

'Tis not for fame or glory, but for broken hearts to 
bind. 

We stand for truth and justice for all nations in 
the fray, 

For all nations now in battle, all who walk the 
righteous way. 

We are coming, we are coming, to set all nations free. 
We are coming with our Yankee boys to guard both 

land and sea, 
Our loyal sons of honored sires, to God and country 

true. 
To battle as their fathers did when this great land 

was new. 

C. AUGUSTUS HAVILAND 

April 20, 1917 



UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD 

In brotherhood great nations stand 

In brotherhood to guard the land, 
In brotherhood to lead the way 

To liberty from day to day — 
For liberty that all may see 

The blessings of a world made free. 
For liberty that all may stand 

As freemen in their native land. 



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United now- — God wills it so — 

United now to ward the blow 
Of miscreants all along- life's way 

Who plot and scheme from day to day. 
United now we gladly stand 

Forevermore with that great ban^ 
On land or sea — where e'er it be — 

Who stand for truth and liberty 
That all mankind may yet be free. 

C. AUGUSTUS HAVILAND 

May, 1917 



OUR YANKEE BOYS 

The Yankee boys are ^olng to the land across the sea, 
I'hey are going in battalions to help set nations free. 
They've got the men, they've got the guns. 

And very soon they'll show 
They've got the dash, and that's the thing 

That deals the mortal blow. 

So wait a bit until they get 

Across the surging main 
Just wait a bit, and Yankee grit 

Will snap the binding chain. 
They've got the men: 

They've got the guns. 
And they've the courage too. 

So wait a bit and Yankee grit 
Will pull the Allies through. 



The Yankee boys are ^oing to partake the soldiers' 
chance. 

They are going with munitions to encourage Fight- 
ing France. 

They've got the men, they've got the guns, 
They've got Old glory, too. 

Those Yankee boys, with Yankee dash, 
They'll rout the Kaiser's crew. 

So wait a bit until they get 

Across the deep blue sea. 
Just wait a bit, and Yankee grit 

Will help set nations free. 
They've got the men, 

They've got the guns, 
And they've the courage, too, 

So wait a bit, and Yankee grit 
Will pull the Allies through. 

C. AUGUSTUS HAVILAND 
June, 1917 



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